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Al-Ahzab 20

Ayah 20 of 73 · Medinan

يَحۡسَبُونَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ لَمۡ يَذۡهَبُواْۖ وَإِن يَأۡتِ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ يَوَدُّواْ لَوۡ أَنَّهُم بَادُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ يَسۡـَٔلُونَ عَنۡ أَنۢبَآئِكُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ كَانُواْ فِيكُم مَّا قَٰتَلُوٓاْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٢٠

They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn.1 And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In their excessive fear the cowardly hypocrites could not believe the enemy forces had been defeated.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَحۡسَبُونَThey thinkyaḥsabūna
  2. ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَthe confederatesl-aḥzāba
  3. لَمۡ(have) notlam
  4. يَذۡهَبُواْۖwithdrawnyadhhabū
  5. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  6. يَأۡتِ(should) comeyati
  7. ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُthe confederatesl-aḥzābu
  8. يَوَدُّواْthey would wishyawaddū
  9. لَوۡiflaw
  10. أَنَّهُمthat they (were)annahum
  11. بَادُونَliving in (the) desertbādūna
  12. فِيamongfī
  13. ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِthe Bedouinsl-aʿrābi
  14. يَسۡـَٔلُونَaskingyasalūna
  15. عَنۡaboutʿan
  16. أَنۢبَآئِكُمۡۖyour newsanbāikum
  17. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  18. كَانُواْthey werekānū
  19. فِيكُمamong youfīkum
  20. مَّاnotmā
  21. قَٰتَلُوٓاْthey would fightqātalū
  22. إِلَّاexceptillā
  23. قَلِيلٗاa littleqalīlan

Tafsir

These cowards think the coalition conspiring to fight Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and fight the believers will never leave until they totally destroy the believers. And if it is decreed that the coalition come another time, these cowardly hypocrites will wish they were not in Madina, but rather they were with the bedouins far from it, asking regarding your news: what happened to you after your enemies fought you? And even if they were amongst you, O believers, they would not have fought alongside you except a little, so do not pay attention to them or be sad over them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran